Wolff, J;
(2013)
Scanlon on Social and Material Inequality.
Journal of Moral Philosophy
, 10
(4)
406 - 425.
10.1163/174552412X628977.
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Abstract
Tim Scanlon’s famous and important paper ‘The Diversity of Objections to Inequality’ sets out five reasons why those sympathetic to equality may object to inequality. This paper shows the origin of this approach to inequality in Scanlon’s earlier work, and its persistence in his later work. It also compares Scanlon’s position to earlier egalitarian writers, such as R.H. Tawney, and anti-egalitarians such as J.R. Lucas. It concludes by suggesting that there are interaction effects between the reasons for objecting to inequality and hence they are more powerful if taken together.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Scanlon on Social and Material Inequality |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1163/174552412X628977 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/174552412X628977 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the author's accepted manuscript (final, peer-reviewed text) of this published article. |
| Keywords: | Scanlon, Tawney, social equality, material equality, social class, domination |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1407658 |
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